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# $discovery - Dense Discovery Phase Adapter **YOU MUST EXECUTE THIS WORKFLOW. Do not just describe it.** Discovery turns a goal plus delegated child artifacts into one dense execution packet for `$crank` and `$validation`. ## Strict Delegation Contract Discovery delegates to `$brainstorm` (conditional), `$design` (conditional), `$research`, `$plan`, and `$pre-mortem` as **separate skill invocations**. Strict delegation is the default. Reject these compression moves: - inlining `$research` work; - collapsing `$plan` into an inline decomposition; - skipping `$pre-mortem`; - replacing child skills with direct Codex sub-agent work. See [`../shared/references/strict-delegation-contract.md`](../shared/references/strict-delegation-contract.md). ## Codex Lifecycle Guard When this skill runs in Codex hookless mode (`CODEX_THREAD_ID` is set or `CODEX_INTERNAL_ORIGINATOR_OVERRIDE` is `Codex Desktop`), ensure startup context before entering the discovery DAG: ```bash ao codex ensure-start 2>/dev/null || true ``` Leave `ao codex ensure-stop` to closeout skills; discovery owns startup only. ## Narrow Waist Discovery does not carry raw child-skill output forward. It records artifact paths, verdicts, the `hexagon:` boundary block from [`docs/architecture/intent-to-loop-hexagon.md`](../../docs/architecture/intent-to-loop-hexagon.md), and the six Context Density Rule fields: | Field | Meaning | |-------|---------| | `intent` | Behavior or capability to produce | | `boundary` | B